Pretty Quilts and Patterns
Is it May already? Wow! This month’s Take Ten Block Challenge block is SO EASY, it is great for a quick gift (are quilts actually quick?) or if you are a beginner, this is the PERFECT block! My month is cut short because of our school holidays so I am glad that this block was […]
Today’s the day! It’s the new block for the Take Ten Block Challenge! This month’s block is a classic, but I’m calling it Tuileries 🙂 The gardens here in Paris were named after the palace (no longer standing) which was built in the location of and itself named in reference to an old tile-making factory. […]
In celebration of my upcoming fabric line with Riley Blake Designs, I’ve designed a new quilt pattern to correspond with the Swan Serenade theme of the fabric. The fabric line was absolutely inspired by the Swan Lake ballet and the beautiful music by Tchaikovsky. I have always loved listening to classical music, and the Swan […]
Here in France it has been difficult to find quilting fabrics, but even harder to find quilting friends. When I saw a woman my age at my church sitting in her seat working on an EPP project, I almost leapt out of my chair to bombard her with questions and regale her with stories of […]
Are you ready for another Take Ten block? March has buzzed in with Bumble, our newest block in the collection! This block is one of my favorites (despite all the HSTs I designed into this, what was I thinking?! Uh, apologizing to myself in advance because next month is even worse… but also amazing) because […]